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Inside Sales Growth Beyond CRM

Velocify

According to a 2012 Bridge Group study [1] , from 2009-2011 the number of inside sales jobs grew 124% in the U.S. This evolution means an increasingly mature buying market that is driving new CRM-related needs for sales and marketing teams. The bottom line, process is critical for inside sales teams.

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Study: Is Your Team Prepared for the Coming Wave of Sales Tech Innovation?

Velocify

But with so many new and untested solutions coming out, could sales organizations be facing an overwhelming list of choices, integration challenges, and sales training nightmares? High-growth companies surveyed were more familiar with nearly all (95%) of the 20 sales technologies in our survey than flat or declining companies.

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Forrester Predicts the Death of 1 Million Salesmen by 2020: Henry Schuck Disagrees

DiscoverOrg Sales

B2B companies must respond by implementing digitally-enabled selling models and they must think beyond the front line of sales representatives and create solutions for call center agents, inside sales reps, and the rest of the sales engine network. Source: [link] ).

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Is It Time for B2B Sales Teams to Ignore Speed-to-Lead?

Chili Piper

This stat comes from a Harvard Business Review study and for today’s B2B sales and marketing teams, it has several problems…. First, it was published in 2011. Do you realize how much has changed since 2011? Second, that HBR study is actually often misquoted. That was almost 7 years ago!

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Infographic: How to use SMS to win love, leads, revenue

Velocify

As Valentine’s Day approaches, we thought we’d take a lighthearted twist on a recent text messaging study we conducted by comparing text messaging usage and etiquette in both business and love. 3] Unica Trends Survey, 11 Key Marketing Trends for 2011, 2011. 1] Portio Research, Mobile Messaging Futures 2012-2016, 2012. [2]

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The Next Big Prediction in B2B Sales

SBI Growth

Brian Frank , the head of global sales ops at LinkedIn, will show you how the world’s hottest company got hot because of social selling. Drapeau has studied the impact technology has had on quota attainment more than anyone else I am aware of. More recently, he pegged the failure rate of marketing automation software at 50%.

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11 Insanely Effective SaaS Sales Secrets Right From The Salesforce Playbook

InsideSales.com

SaaS Sales Techniques to Improve Your Revenue. Jim Steele’s Strategies to Improve Sales Teams for Better Results. What is SaaS Sales? SaaS sales, or “Software as a Service” sales, is the process of offering cloud-based services through a system monitored and updated by an external provider to customers.